/*
 * Copyright 2009 Bart Van Dosselaer
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the &quot;License&quot;);
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an &quot;AS IS&quot; BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package org.intrepid.oss.hudson.core.service;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;

import org.intrepid.oss.hudson.core.domain.Feed;

/**
 * @author Bart Van Dosselaer
 */
public interface FeedService {

	/**
	 * Parses the content from the given <tt>url</tt> into a <tt>Feed</tt>.
	 * @throws IOException in case the <tt>url</tt> was invalid, or the url content was in an invalid format. 
	 **/
	Feed readFeed(final URL url) throws IOException;
	
}
